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See cracks all the time over those two-car garages on brick townhomes.

This is a 16-year-old deck with one inch wood decking and wood railings. Never seen anything like it! At 15 years the one-inch boards...

The more I inspect, the more I respect the challenge of constructing a home. Products, codes and best practices are constantly changing....

Click on image to buy covers for these nasty door dingers!

This house is still under construction and will therefore get better grading, yet it shows what happens when there is no sealant around...

Washington's Building Museum has a feature called LAWN. Built on scaffolding is a turf hill with hammocks and corn hole games. On a...

Just like you can't use your deck in the summer without a 9 foot umbrella, you don't want bugs entering as you go inside repeatedly to...

Ok, this is a picture of a polar bear in a snowstorm! NOT! This is the kind of board you want to replace those rotten trim boards on...

Door to lovely rooftop deck had interior hinges installed. They are rusting and the pins can be knocked out easily and the door removed...

New Xcluder product to fill gaps and holes. Says it won't rust. Comes in door sweeps too. #exterior #pests

Just takes a very simple tool: Click on image for link. #exterior #maintenance

93,000,000 miles a way, a billionth of it's energy hitting the day side of earth, and yet it's mere glancing reflection off a window can...

This photo shows security film on a bathroom window. Before the invention of the film the glass within 18 inches of the floor, or over...

Remove rust with a wire brush and steel wool. Paint with Rustoleum. Then fill pit with caulk and slope it away from post. Otherwise...

Just need a spline tool and utility knife. Click on image for video. #remodel #exterior #maintenance

The plastic ones don't do your older home justice and they are too short for your vintage windows...wooden replacement ones are available...

House wash--gets rid of mold and algae! Wear goggles! Wear old clothes! Just attach it to your garden hose. When empty simply refill...

This shows how to do the shell and some of the interiors: no plumbing, electrical, HVAC. Even though it covers only some of the scope of...

Sorry, not that much fun! Belly board is used as trim at the bottom of siding and Z-bar is the flashing above it. In the photo above...